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Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: ADB Records has released ADB Room Mics, a free reverb plugin that simulates rooms and microphone recordings. ADB Records has launched ADB Room Mics, a free reverb plugin designed to simulate room acoustics and the microphones used to record within a virtual space.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: FeelYourSound has released SongEngine 1.9.0, a free MIDI generator plug-in that turns chord progressions into arpeggios, basslines and piano phrases. FeelYourSound has launched SongEngine 1.9.0, an update to its free MIDI generator plug-in for VST and AU hosts.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Pine DSP releases Blox Rack modular rack plugin with horizontal EQ and modulation. Pine DSP has launched Blox Rack, a modular effects rack plugin designed around a 500-series-style workflow.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Amazing Noises has released Grain Freezer, a free granular effect that captures and sustains fragments of incoming audio. Amazing Noises has launched Grain Freezer, a granular effect plugin for macOS and Windows. The plugin captures short sections of incoming audio and sustains them as granular textures during use in a…

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: DawgPound Audio has released DawgGarage Reverb, a reverb and impulse response loader. DawgPound Audio has launched DawgGarage Reverb, a reverb and impulse response loader for Mac and iPad. The plugin is based on recordings made inside a real garage using four microphone positions.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Teroof Plugins has released Why Dit, a free stereo widening plugin. Teroof Plugins has launched Why Dit, a free stereo widening plugin for Windows and macOS. The effect is the first official release from the independent audio plugin project founded by musician and…

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Soundyan Launches Major Update for Interstellar Waterphone Featuring Enhanced Features and Free Upgrade for Existing Users. Soundyan has launched version 1.3 of Interstellar Waterphone, a sampled virtual instrument based on three hand-made waterphones.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Denormal Audio has released Guardrail, a MIDI effect plugin that transforms piano roll chords into expressive performances. Denormal Audio has launched Guardrail, a MIDI effect plugin designed to transform piano roll chord progressions into performed MIDI parts.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Occult Audio has released Derelict, a sound design instrument built from layered recordings of abandoned places. Occult Audio has launched Derelict, a sound design instrument based on recordings made in abandoned and overlooked locations.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Osterhouse Sounds has released Ripple Viola, a plugin featuring playable two-note slurs for expressive string textures and rhythms. Osterhouse Sounds has launched Ripple Viola, a plugin built around playable two-note viola slurs for creating expressive string textures and rhythmic parts.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Lamplit Studios Launches Innovative Lofi Effect Plugin Small Hours. Lamplit Studios has launched Small Hours, a lofi effect plugin for Windows and macOS. Developed by solo developer Ryan Hilton, the plugin is designed to process audio through a room-based interface…

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: AudioBrain releases ChimeBrain 1.0.0, a physically modeled wind-chime instrument for Apple Silicon macOS. AudioBrain has launched ChimeBrain 1.0.0, a physically modeled wind-chime instrument for Apple Silicon Macs.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Modulor Audio releases Coalesce, a free delay plugin. Modulor Audio has launched Coalesce, a free delay plugin for macOS and Windows. The plugin supports traditional forward delays, reverse delays, and blended forward and reverse delay processing.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: IrisOrbit has released PolyArp, a MIDI arpeggiator that generates MIDI. IrisOrbit has launched PolyArp 1.4.0, an update to its MIDI-generating arpeggiator for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Audio Plugin GuyGearNews: Jules Audio Tools has released Syncflow 2.1, a free tempo-synced tremolo and pumping plugin for macOS. Jules Audio Tools has launched Syncflow 2.1, a free tempo-synced tremolo and pumping plugin for macOS. The plugin is designed to create rhythmic level movement using a drawable modulation curve.

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The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

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